Imma do it.
So, NaNoWriMo is dead to me.
NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. The idea was that in the month of November, everyone buckles down to write at least 50,000 words, ideally completing a novel. The program was great… for a while.
And then it fell apart. Essentially those in charge appear to have covered up sexual predators taking advantage of the program to get to kids. And then, on top of that, they are saying that those who write prompts for AI to write a novel for them counts toward writing a novel. Either are bad enough for me to say “no” to them. Both together? Yeah. Not going back to that.
But there’s this thing on TikTok that’s gaining steam. October is WHAM! Month. WHAM! Stands for Writing Hard All Month. The idea is that for each 10,000 words someone writes, they get a letter toward WHAM. And if they get to 50,000 words, they add on the !. And for every 5,000 words past that, they add on another exclamation mark.
There’s also a reading component!
You can check the whole thing out here: https://www.tiktok.com/@caseymae_13_/video/7414881159340887339
It’s been a while since I pushed out that much content in a month, but it’s time to try, I think. Even if I don’t make it, I’ll still have produced a lot!
Let’s get writing!
(Oh, by the way? I wrote this blog post before October began… by the time you’re reading this, hopefully I’ve got more than 10,000 words written!)
Jonathon Mast: Author 